According to musicologist Alberto Pérez Perazzo, "Para Vigo me voy" is one of the first popular songs with a true conga rhythm.
[3] One of the earliest recordings of "Para Vigo me voy" was made by Xavier Cugat and his orchestra featuring vocalist Desi Arnaz in December 1935 for Victor.
[5] Popular American artists who have recorded the song include The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller and his orchestra, and The Mills Brothers.
Besides, the song appeared in various films including It Comes Up Love (sung by Gloria Jean and The Guadalajara Trio, accompanied by Leon Belasco and his orchestra).
According to the Diaz Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection at the Florida International University Libraries, the following artists have recorded "Para Vigo me voy": Johnny Rodríguez (1936), Lorenzo Pego y su Orquesta (1936), Manuel Escalona (1936), Orquesta Obregón (1936), Leo Reisman (1937), Francisco Lomuto (1937), Marimba Panamericana (1937), Nilo Menéndez (1938), Henry King (1938), Diosa Costello (1940), Marcos Rosales (1940), Noro Morales (1945), Frank Damirón (1948), Miguelito Valdés (1950), Tony-Armand (1952), Pearl Bailey (1954), Billo's Caracas Boys (1954), Varela Varelita y su Orquesta de Jazz (1954), Humberto Suárez (1955), Julio Gutiérrez & Cuarteto Faxas (1956), Oquesta Havana Casino (1956), Félix Guerrero (1956), Dan Davis (1956), Lawrence Welk (1957), Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney with Billy May's orchestra for the album Fancy Meeting You Here (1958), Carlos Barbería y su Orquesta Kubavana (1959), Toni Arden (1959), Orquesta D'Artega (1960), Chapuseaux y Damirón, Chucho Rodríguez, Antonio Matas, Chamaco García, Ñico Membiela, Huberal Herrera, René Cóspito, Everardo Ordaz, Hugo Avendaño, Juan Bruno Tarraza (1964), Bing Crosby for his album Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968) César Morales (1968), Mariano Mercerón (1975), Alfredo Sadel (1978), Los Guaracheros de Oriente (1980), Carlos Nuñez Muñoz & La Vieja Trova Santiaguera (1996), Alfredo Kraus (1996), Compay Segundo (1998), Bebo Valdés (2000), as the last track of El Arte del Sabor (in a medley with "Adiós Panamá", also by Lecuona).